Hello Everyone,
I am new to these forums as well as "New Age" Home Theater. My previous surround sound was an old Sherwood reciever w/ JBL surround sound speakers/sub woofer that i picked up @ Best Buy 7 years ago or so. I started getting into high-def about 1.5 years ago when i purchased a 57" Mitsubishi DLP 1080p, a PS3 and a Toshiba High-Def DVD player. I then added High-Def DirecTV. So I purchased an HDMI Splitter from Monoprice so I can hook my 3 high-def devices to my TV. When my family was moving, my wife broke my JBL sub, so I said that I want to splurge and just buy a surround sound worthy of the rest of my equipment. My wife just surprised me by replacing my surround sound. She bought me a Yamaha YHT-590BL which was my top pick from the research I was doing on home theaters. So, needless to say I was completly stoked and have the best wife ever. Ok, now to my question. I plan on hooking up my dvd, ps3 and high-def satellite reciever all through my monoprice splitter and into the TV through HDMI. I was then going to run a digital coax out of the TV to the Yamaha reciever. Now I know from reading these forums, it's not the most ideal way to do it. But the reason I have to do it that way is because I have a 3 year old, and don't always want to have to play the sound through the surround sound. I can't handle Dora the Explorer, especially when the voices are coming at me from all angles, lol. There are other reasons why I don't want the surround on at all times. So my question is; Will I lose sound quality, not hooking up each individual component to the reciever? From what I have read Digital Coax does transmit dolby 5.1, so I my sound quality should still be great, right? Considering my old reciever wasn't even really made for surround speakers and i though it sounded decent, this should be a huge improvement. I just want to thank anyone who responds w/ info for me in advance.
Thanks Again,
Jeremy
I am new to these forums as well as "New Age" Home Theater. My previous surround sound was an old Sherwood reciever w/ JBL surround sound speakers/sub woofer that i picked up @ Best Buy 7 years ago or so. I started getting into high-def about 1.5 years ago when i purchased a 57" Mitsubishi DLP 1080p, a PS3 and a Toshiba High-Def DVD player. I then added High-Def DirecTV. So I purchased an HDMI Splitter from Monoprice so I can hook my 3 high-def devices to my TV. When my family was moving, my wife broke my JBL sub, so I said that I want to splurge and just buy a surround sound worthy of the rest of my equipment. My wife just surprised me by replacing my surround sound. She bought me a Yamaha YHT-590BL which was my top pick from the research I was doing on home theaters. So, needless to say I was completly stoked and have the best wife ever. Ok, now to my question. I plan on hooking up my dvd, ps3 and high-def satellite reciever all through my monoprice splitter and into the TV through HDMI. I was then going to run a digital coax out of the TV to the Yamaha reciever. Now I know from reading these forums, it's not the most ideal way to do it. But the reason I have to do it that way is because I have a 3 year old, and don't always want to have to play the sound through the surround sound. I can't handle Dora the Explorer, especially when the voices are coming at me from all angles, lol. There are other reasons why I don't want the surround on at all times. So my question is; Will I lose sound quality, not hooking up each individual component to the reciever? From what I have read Digital Coax does transmit dolby 5.1, so I my sound quality should still be great, right? Considering my old reciever wasn't even really made for surround speakers and i though it sounded decent, this should be a huge improvement. I just want to thank anyone who responds w/ info for me in advance.
Thanks Again,
Jeremy
